Common Quote by Greg Graffin

Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is!

— Michelle Shocked

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally.

— Ani DiFranco

People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets.

— Avey Tare

“Punk has been portrayed as music by and for angry white males, but in its inception, it was a rebellion against all rock cliches.…

— Alice Bag

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the…

— Justin Sane

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

— Mike Watt

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

— David Byrne

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.

— Shepard Fairey

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

— Mike Watt

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music…

— Kathleen Hanna

If folk is the music of the common people and not the intellectual elite, then that's what rock is.

— Michael Penn